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TO BE SOLD EXHIBITION-RELATED EVENTSJanuary–February 2015Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VAPANEL EXHIBITIONTo Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave TradeWednesday, April 29, 2015 | Noon–1:00 pmLibrary of VirginiaLECTUREAfrican American Database ProjectSaturday, February 7, 2015Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VAWORKSHOP | 9:30 am–NoonAfrican American Genealogy: Getting StartedLECTURE | Noon–1:00 pmThe African American Narrative ProjectTuesday, February 24, 2015 | Noon–1:00 pmLibrary of VirginiaLECTUREThe Life and Love of Slave Trader Silas OmohundroFriday, March 20, 2015 | 5:30–7:00 pmVirginia State Capitol, Richmond, VALECTURESolomon Northup andthe Tragic Voyage of the OrleansFriday, May 29, 2015 | Noon–1:00 pmLibrary of VirginiaLECTURESlaves Waiting for Sale:Abolitionist Art and the American Slave TradeNovember–December 2015Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria, VAPANEL EXHIBITIONTo Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave TradeSaturday, November 7, 2015Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria, VAWORKSHOP | 9:30 am–NoonAfrican American Genealogy: Getting StartedLECTURE | Noon–1:00 pmThe African American Narrative ProjectSaturday, March 21, 2015 | 9:00 am–5:15 pmLibrary of VirginiaSYMPOSIUMTo Be Sold: The American Slave Tradefrom Virginia to New OrleansTuesday, April 7, 2015 | Noon–1:00 pmLibrary of VirginiaLECTUREDigital Scholarship:Re-creating Richmond’s Slave DistrictJanuary–February 2016Lynchburg Museum, Lynchburg, VAPANEL EXHIBITIONTo Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave TradeFriday, February 19, 2016Lynchburg Museum, Lynchburg, VAWORKSHOP | 2:00–4:30 pmAfrican American Genealogy: Getting StartedLECTURE | 5:00–6:00 pmThe African American Narrative ProjectPlease check our Web calendar for more information about exhibition-related events: www.lva.virginia.gov/news/calendar.asp.Exhibition, from page 3largely chosen to forget and attempt to both fill a scholarly void andheal a social and historical wound. The exhibition also documentsthe forced exile of enslaved people into the New Orleans trade thatfed the Lower South, emphasizing the centrality of slave trading toAmerican cultural and economic development.Among the lenders to the exhibition are the Heinz FamilyFoundation and the Chicago History Museum, owners of thetwo Crowe paintings, as well as the South Carolina HistoricalSociety, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Mariners’Museum, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Valentine. nTHIS EXHIBITION IS PRESENTED WITH SUPPORT FROMFOUNDATIONContinue the conversation on social media by using #RVAslavetrade4 broadSIDE WWW.LVA.VIRGINIA.GOV 2014 | ISSUE NO. 4